This research collection for opera and ballet consists of a selection of print and manuscript scores, libretti, mise en scène, programs, scene designs and other archival documents. The materials date from the 17th through the 20th centuries. Its strengths include scores and performance materials from the French and Italian repertories dating from the late 18th and 19th centuries. Special features include a large collection of copyists’ manuscript scores for the operas of Giovanni Paisiello...
Maps from the Center for Sacramento History's collections. The majority of maps are focused on Sacramento, Sacramento County, and the towns within Sacramento County, and were created by government agencies or developers. These includes city, town, and county maps; land grants and ranchos; neighborhood, property, tract, plat, and plot maps; river and dredging maps; and road maps. There are a small number of California-specific maps from outside the county, like fault maps, maps of the gold...
Topics: Sacramento (Calif.) -- Maps, Sacramento County (Calif.) -- Maps
The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library cares for more than a quarter million cartographic and geographic objects, ranging from the fifteenth century to the present, with a global scope and a focus on Boston and New England. Created in 2004 as a private-public partnership between the philanthropist Norman B. Leventhal and the Boston Public Library, the LMEC is located in the McKim Building at the BPL ’ s Central Library in Copley Square. The LMEC features a...
Archival-quality scans for the Virtual AGC Project , primarily original Apollo-era documentation about the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) and AGC software listings. At our main site, only non-archival versions of the items in this collection are provided.
Established in 1978 by the Boston College Theologian and Liturgical specialist, William J. Leonard, S.J., this collection documents the liturgical movement in the American Catholic Church from 1925 to the introduction of the Second Vatican Council's reforms. Containing approximately 30,000 volumes, the Liturgy and Life collection is considered to be the most comprehensive archive in America on the pre-Vatican II Catholic Church. The digitized materials focus on the pamphlets and range in...
This collection contains materials published by Brigham Young University. These publications include the school yearbook (the Banyan), course catalogs and class schedules. The yearbook contains information about campus events and student life, the course catalogs offer descriptions of the various courses offered at Brigham Young University during a given academic year and contain information on degree requirements, and the class schedules provide detail as to what classes where offered when, by...
Topic: Brigham Young University
THE JACK, JOSEPH AND MORTON MANDEL CENTER FOR ADVANCED HOLOCAUST STUDIES of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum promotes the growth of the field of Holocaust studies, including the dissemination of scholarly output in the field. It also strives to facilitate the training of future generations of scholars specializing in the Holocaust. Under the guidance of the Academic Committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council,...
The Gaylord Music Library serves the music information needs of the Washington University community as part of the Olin Library System. The Music Library honors General Clifford A. Gaylord who was, until his death in 1952, a member of the Washington University Corporation. With the completion of the Gaylord building in 1960, the music library found a new home and has since developed into a major resource supporting research through masters and doctoral level programs.
The BPL’s incunabula collection embodies the varied output of the 15th-century European printing press. As of February, 2020, the collection is comprised of 583 physical items printed during the 15th century, the majority of which are books (issued either individually or as parts of multi-volume sets). The collection also contains a small number of single-sheet publications, blockbooks, and fragments of books that merit individual cataloging. In total, there are 555 discrete 15th-century...
The Victorian Collection features a wide assortment of British sociopolitical periodicals published from 1834 to 1900. This material covers such topics as religious revivals and Temperance movements, politics, agriculture, population studies, illustration, family values, and biography. These periodicals were produced and distributed to educate and persuade, so that, in the words of the editor for the Anti-Corn-Law Society, “the public mind may be kept in a state of information and...
Topic: brigham young university BYU victorian historical
Newark School Photographs, originally a Newark Board of Education collection, consists of four drawers of small-format photographs. Most are 3" x 5" black and white prints. The bulk of the photographs date from the 1940s to 1960s, with earlier photos included with many during World War II. The full collection has been digitized. The photographs include images of schools, interior and exterior, and include classrooms, libraries, cafeterias, and playgrounds, among other...
The Duke University Archives preserves the historical record of the university. This collection provides access to several key campus publications including the Chanticleer (student yearbook), the Trinity College Historical Papers (series of early faculty publications), as well as other core resources, such as campus course catalogs.
USHMM is committed to making contemporary self-published Survivor Memoirs digitally accessible. These memoirs are rare as many are not widely distributed and the Museum may own one of only a handful of copies worldwide. Digital versions of these memoirs make these valuable historical accounts known to a wider audience and ensure their preservation. This collection includes the digital memoirs in USHMM's catalog that are currently universally available; a wider range of Survivor Memoirs are...
Film and video from the Center for Sacramento History's collections. Much of the footage here comes from the KCRA and KOVR TV news film collections; other videos include video oral histories of the Valley Broadcast Legends, home movies, art films, musical performances, and police evidence videos from the Dorothea Puente investigation.
Topics: Sacramento (Calif.), Film, Video
The archives of the Louis L. Biro Law Library contain the largest collection of unpublished Illinois Appellate Court Opinions available. John Marshall's collection spans nearly 350 legal-size volumes dating from about 1900 to 1975. The John Marshall Law School
Topic: John Marshall Law School
California Digital Library
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Topics: Word of God (Theology), Bible and astrology, California -- Imprints
The Digital Library of Japanese American Incarceration was created by the Internet Archive in collaboration with Densho ( https://densho.org/ ), and was funded, in part, by a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program . ( https://www.nps.gov/jacs/ ) This collection of more than 500 English language books related to the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans was curated by scholars and organizations...
Topics: japanese american incarceration, japanese american internment, internment, internment camp
The Journal of Research reports NIST research and development in metrology and related fields of: physical science engineering applied mathematics statistics biotechnology information technology Papers cover a broad range of subjects with major emphasis on measurement methodology and the basic technology underlying standardization. Also included, on occasion, are articles on topics closely related to the Institute’s technical and scientific programs.
The Jantz Collection at Duke Libraries
German, Scandinavian and Dutch Periodicals from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
A selection of pre 1923 material from across the Duke University Libraries whose focus is the diverse human experiences, communities and cultures. This collection is not limited to a single definition of diversity and inclusion. It embraces the overlooked and underrepresented voices found in print through race, gender, religion, politics and other forms of expression.
The Thomas Pennant Barton Collection is acknowledged as one of the largest and most comprehensive collections in a public institution focusing on the writings of William Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The collection was the first in the United States to include the first four folios of the collected works of William Shakespeare, as well as some 45 early quarto editions of individual plays, many published during Shakespeare’s lifetime. As the preeminent Shakespeare collection from...
Topics: shakespeare, Thomas Pennant Barton, Boston Public Library
Irish history books from the Boston College Libraries. Call number range DA900 to DA995
Items contributed from the Providence Public Library in Providence, Rhode Island.
The Frick Art Reference Library's book and photograph collections relate mainly to paintings, drawings, sculpture, and prints from the fourth to the mid-twentieth centuries by European and American artists. Known internationally for its rich holdings of auction and exhibition catalogs, the Library is a leading site for collecting and provenance research. Archival materials and special collections augment the research collections with documents pertaining to the history of collecting art and of...
Topic: art
The Improvement Era (1897-1970) was the official arm of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. It followed the CONTRIBUTOR MAGAZINE (1879-1896). Joined officially to the YMMIA, the Era immediately became the premier adult periodical of the Church through its General Authority sponsorship and its focus on theology, history, contemporary affairs, and life in the Church.
Duke holds one of the world’s largest collections of Confederate imprints, or items printed in the Confederate States of America between secession from the Union and the surrender of the Confederate military forces (December 1860-April 1865). Confederate imprints are notable for their fragility and ephemerality, due to the scarcity of high-quality paper and a lack of large publishing and printing houses in the South, as well as for the view their contents give of military and civilian life in...
Topics: Confederate, Civil War, American history
Conference Reports of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.   Since 1899, the Church has published official reports of its annual (April) and semiannual (October) General Conferences, commonly called Conference Reports. In the past, these reports were distributed in booklet form only to Church leaders (bishoprics and higher), Church employees, and libraries. Currently, they are only produced for historical and administrative purposes. The conference report for the Church's...
Topic: Conference Reports of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The French literature collection of the John Carter Brown Library is of particular interest to those interested in political, social, and intellectual history and in the literature of travel. In addition to accounts by writers such as Cartier, Champlain, Thevet, Hennepin, and Tonti, the collection is strong in translations of French works in other languages. Semi-legendary and imaginary voyages hold particular interest. The library also holds a substantial collection of laws, decrees, and...
Centenary College of Louisiana is a private, four-year arts and sciences college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1825, it is the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi River and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The mission of the Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections is to collect, preserve, and make available the historic records of the College and the Louisiana Annual Conference of the...
Books contributed by Agawam Public Library .
Meetings, proceedings and conference reports relating to Religion in North Carolina.
For the Health of the New Nation: Philadelphia as the Center of American Medical Education, 1746-1868, funded by The Council on Library and Information Resources's (CLIR) Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives program provides access to 140,000 pages of lecture tickets, course schedules, theses, dissertations, student notes, faculty lectures notes, commencement addresses, opening addresses, and matriculation records. These documents, curated from the repositories of six Philadelphia...
City directories contain a wealth of information for genealogists, researchers, and everyday history enthusiasts. These books tell the story of our past by inclu ding names and information about residents as well as businesses in Indianapolis through the years. Inside you'll find addresses and occupations of householders, complete business directories, and much more. The Indianapolis City Directory Collection is a collaborative project of IUPUI University Library and The Indianapolis Public...
Newsletters, Newspapers and Serial Publications relating to Religion in North Carolina.
The Houghton Mifflin Company Trade Book Archival Collection is comprised of Trade Division materials that were originally kept in the Park Street building, which the company occupied from 1880 to 1994, before being donated to the Boston Public Library. The company’s editors used this collection as their working library. The collection includes adult and juvenile titles as well as reference materials, audio, and kits from Houghton Mifflin, Clarion, and other Houghton Mifflin Harcourt imprints.
Books contributed by BYU Hawaii
As a member of the Open Content Alliance, the University Libraries at the University of Memphis is contributing digital content to the Internet Archive from our holdings including yearbooks, the campus newspaper, bulletins and schedules of classes, early literary magazines, and other materials related to the life and times of the University of Memphis and its predecessors throughout its first 100 years since opening its doors in 1912 as the West Tennessee State Normal School. All materials are...
Books digitized by the Internet Archive for the State Library of Massachusetts .
Cornell University Press fosters a culture of broad and sustained inquiry through the publication of scholarship that is engaged, influential, and of lasting significance. Established in 1869 as the first American university press, shortly after the founding of Cornell, the press embodies and advances the university's core values by disseminating fundamental and practical knowledge, while commanding its own distinct editorial profile. The press, as part of a land-grant institution, is also...
This is a collection of rare books digitized by the BYU Library Digital Lab. Originals housed in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.
Podcasts (both audio and video) related to amateur radio, part of the Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications.
As one of the first alternative spaces in New York dedicated to presenting innovative, provocative work at the intersection of art and architecture, Storefront has accumulated an archive documenting its diverse and influential program of over 280 exhibitions and events dating from its founding in 1982. Featuring the work of 1,500+ architects, artists and designers, this material includes a collection of original artwork and over 115 cubic feet of proposals, correspondence, photographs,...
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Topic: Drawing -- Study and teaching
The focus of this collection is on the Judeo-Christian tradition, with some emphasis on Methodism in the United States. It also embraces the diversity of world religions including, but not limited to Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism.
A collection created by Internet Archive to separate bound resources from archival folders being digitized at the American Numismatic Society Library.
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Welcome to the Official State Codes collection. You may find the source code for this collection at the following location: https://law.resource.org/pub/us/code/ The purpose of this collection is to provide citizens, residents, business people, members of the bar, and public officials with access to the laws by which we choose to govern ourselves. The law belongs to the people, we have the right to read, know, and speak the law. This collection currently contains the official codes of Arkansas...
Topic: Public Resource
This collection contains items from The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois. The Field Museum inspires curiosity about life on Earth while exploring how the world came to be and how we can make it a better place. Founded in 1893 as the Columbian Museum of Chicago, the Museum has spent more than 120 years in the pursuit of scientific knowledge about the world around us. The Field Museum Library is committed to supporting the Museum’s mission as an educational and research...
Topics: Field Museum, Biodiversity
Various amateur radio newsletters within the Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications
The Northwestern University Archives, established in 1935, holds material relating to every aspect of Northwestern's history, including non-current official University records, papers of faculty members, and records of student organizations-- as well as publications, photographs, audio-visuals, artifacts, and more. The Archives' holdings are non-circulating, and are open to the public for research and reference. The Transportation Library of Northwestern University contains over 500,000 items,...
Topic: Northwestern University
Documents from www.navy-radio.com on the topic of HF naval communications in the 1950s and 1960s, collected by Nick England K4NYW
Des Moines Public Library yearbooks
Topics: Des Moines Public Library, yearbooks
Harrison Memorial Library is the public library of the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea. Library service in Carmel began in 1906, when the Carmel Free Library Association began lending books from a little redwood building. For a fee of one dollar per year, people could borrow any one of 500 books from the Association's "Reading Room" heated by a wood burning stove. Ida Johnson was President of the Library Board in 1906. She also worked as a librarian in the little redwood building that then...
Members of the Teamsters Union working for the United Parcel Service (UPS) talk about what they want to receive out of contract negotiations set to start the day after the video is taken.
Topics: IBT0084, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, UPS, United Parcel Service, Labor Unions--United...
Church and Religious Body Histories relating to Religion in North Carolina.
Whitney Museum of American Art Library Collection Page The Frances Mulhall Achilles Library contains a comprehensive research collection related to modern and contemporary American art. The Library was originally built on the books and papers of The Whitney's founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and her first Museum director, Juliana Force. It also contains the institutional archives, periodicals, artist files, Special Collections and related digital research materials. The Library is central to...
Duke University Press is an academic publisher of books and journals across the humanities, social sciences, and more. Duke University Press has decided to make available via open access a substantial set of its older books that are no longer selling actively. The DUP collection is composed of some of those books; others may be available only via the HathiTrust.
Established in 1961, the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive is a world-renowned research archive dedicated to the study of musical traditions from around the globe. The Archive’s collection of more than 150,000 audio, video, print, and photographic items documents musical expressions throughout the world and includes unique field recordings as well as rare commercial recordings. As part of UCLA’s Department of Ethnomusicology, the Archive preserves and makes accessible over 50 years’ worth of...
Topic: californiarevealed
Tisch Library Collection
Topic: tisch
A selection of newsletters from Quarter Century Wireless Association, an organization for amateur radio operators who were licensed as such at least a quarter of a century ago. The group's web site is https://qcwa.org
Topics: amateur radio, ham radio
Logbooks from the Nicholson Whaling Collection at Providence Public Library.
Books digitized by the Internet Archive for the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
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The first edition of the Whole Earth Catalog appeared In 1968. Conceived by Stewart Brand as a user-curated selection of the best tools and ideas for living beyond the limits of suburban/corporate America, the Catalog was iconoclastic, visionary and widely influential. Published between 1968 and 1972, it won the National Book prize and was cherished reading in nearly every commune and dorm room in America. So later editions appeared: The Whole Earth Epilog , the Next Whole Earth...
Topic: Whole Earth
The Fort Wayne Common Council meets weekly, except the 5th Tuesday, with the meeting telecast live on a local cable access channel (City TV) as well as now streamed live online. The meetings were broadcast starting in 1981. Videotapes of the meetings (1981-2006) were converted to a digital format and posted to Internet Archive in 2016. Many meetings have multiple files for a single meeting, based on the length of tape available at the time the meeting was recorded.
Artifactual materials and documents relating to The Computer Museum in Boston, 1980s-1998 This is a collection of “computing” and books about “computing” before the stored program computer. Gwen Bell began collecting these 200+ books about computation and record keeping in 1976. This was just after the opening of the Digital Museum which was a converted coat closet in the lobby of Building 12 of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in Maynard, MA. The museum was started after Gwen, Ken...
Magazines and journals within the Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications .
John Carter Brown Library copy lacks the atlas
Topic: Voyages and travels
This is a collection of campus newspapers and alumni newsletters, among other College publications, from the 19th Century to the present. Downloadable items include complete back issues of The Undergraduate, The Middlebury Campus, Middlebury College magazine, and more, currently held and maintained by Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives, Middlebury, Vt.
The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum is a combination of research center and living history museum. It is a resource for all facets of silent film-making, from their planning and production to their presentation. The Museum offers a way to rediscover America's movie pioneers, and see their remarkable work in an authentic setting – a theater where Charlie Chaplin and Broncho Billy Anderson saw themselves and their contemporaries on the screen. This museum keeps the spirit of silent films alive.
Ephemerals: Cookbooks, Event Programs, and Directories relating to Religion in North Carolina.
Books contributed by Southern Illinois University Carbondale .
School of Theology, Boston University Collection
Topic: Theology
Manuscripts from the Columbia University Libraries, including manuscripts digitized through a CLIR grant, from the Islamicate world broadly construed, mostly in Arabic and Persian, along with examples of Berber, Coptic, Syriac, and Turkish, among other languages. These holdings represent the flourishing intellectual and cultural heritage of Muslim cultures from the tenth to the twentieth century, covering Islamic sciences (including mathematics, astrology and music), as well as history, law,...
Topics: Manuscripts, Islamic, Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Persian, Islamic science, Early works to...
Live Music Archive
Librivox Free Audio
Metropolitan Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Internet Arcade
Console Living Room
Books to Borrow
Open Library
TV News
Understanding 9/11
